Funker Vogt: Thanks For Nothing
- Black Hole 3:59
- A New Beginning 4:43
- Thanks For Nothing 6:08
- Animals 6:02
- This Circle 5:25
- Alone 4:55
- Suspended Animation 4:51
- The Land of Milk and Honey 4:35
- Funker Vogt 5:07
- Remember Childhood 7:00
Just when you thought that you had seen all of the musically electronic
derivative projects seep into America, here stumbles a European copycat known
as Funker Vogt. Riding high in the wave of popularity spawned by the likes of
Evil's Toy, Leaetherstrip, and :wumpscut:, Funker Vogt bring us a rather cookie
cutter approach to German electro. Now don't get me wrong, it isn't that the
music isn't catchy, and well constructed, it just screams of a blatant lack of
originality. As a result it is very difficult to dislike Funker Vogt because
they have arranged a very solid release that contains all of the right elements
for success regardless of obvious musical influences. They seem to be able to
combine strong bass lines accentuated with choral like string structures and
catchy lyrics that just scream to be played in a club. It's just a pity that
Funker Vogt doesn't have enough originality of it's own to keep this album from
being anything more than a poor knock-off of what has been been overdone to
death in Germany this past decade.
Funker Vogt is:
Gerrit "Rote X" Thomas - machines
Jens Kastel - vox, lyrics
Kai "Madman" Schmidt - lyrics, management
Contact:
Metropolis Records
P.O. Box 54307
Philadelphia, PA 19105
E-mail: metropol@voicenet.com
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